ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-2714Senate
Updated: Jan 7, 2020

Summary

ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Among other things, the bill revises the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that improve the resilience, reliability, and security of infrastructure to produce, deliver, and store energy; directs ARPA-E, in awarding grants, to consider the success or failure of any project carried out by an entity using prior grant funds; and requires ARPA-E to ensure that an award is not provided for a project unless the prospective award recipient demonstrates that (1) a sufficient attempt has been made to secure private financing, or (2) the project is not independently commercially viable.

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HR-4091: ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-432.

  1. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

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  2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.

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  3. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361.

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  4. By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-195.

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